Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

This should be a very enlightening program for anyone interested in improving education and as we say here at MATR, "The State with the Best Education Wins!" : "NBC News And MSNBC Turn Attention To Education "Making the Grade" Sunday 8/15" http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html

Montana Career Opportunity - Grant Administrator - Great Northern Development CorporationApplicants for the position should be able to demonstrate skills in preparing and presenting written and oral summaries and reports using computerized analysis programs and grant management software, establishing and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, clients, committee members, contractors, state and federal government agencies, and the general public.

Come Home Wyoming

How the West Won MeThe more we adapt to our new niche, the more Mike and I see that like Wranglers, snap-button shirts and country-and-western music, the West’s domestic architecture really suits its rugged setting.

Portable Housing, Made in Montana - HabiHutThe HabiHut weighs about 400 pounds, packs down to a 4-foot-by-8-foot crate, and costs $2,500, which includes shipping with bulk orders. It can be assembled in an hour or two with just a screwdriver, will last up to 15 years, and can be combined with other HabiHuts as a family expands or other needs arise.

Cape Coral, Fla., Saves Money With Online Database for Commercial PropertiesThat used to be the case in Cape Coral, Fla., which had been paying $30,000 a year on a tool that city officials said produced inaccurate results. City officials urged commercial brokers to put available properties into the free tool. Few complied, and those who did rarely posted updates, which forced city officials to have to hunt down the data for interested parties.

Bill Payne's Blog - Lean Startups - IIWe outside of Silicon Valley have been bootstrapping our startup ventures for decades because venture capital is not nearly as available anywhere in the world than it is in Silicon Valley.

Rural Microbusiness Investment Credit (RMIC)The Rural Microbusiness Investment Credit (RMIC) is designed to generate investment in both startup and expanding rural microbusinesses by providing a federal tax incentive, in the form of a 35 percent tax credit, to entrepreneurs who invest in their businesses.

Funding and Building your Business

What’s your networking plan?As you put together your plans think about who you need to meet and know in order to make those plans a reality. Be specific:

Casper business incubator bidding set for October The $10 million business incubator -- a 12,000-square-foot renovation of the refinery's old administration building and a 29,000-square-foot expansion -- would provide assistance to young firms with consultants and professional resources to help them become self-sufficient and profitable.

Regional Business

Western Governors' Association - Western governors said today that the absence of a cohesive federal policy on the use of biomass for energy production could negatively impact efforts to improve forest health and to increase local and state investments in renewable energy projects, and they called on the Administration to make it a top priority.

University TechTransfer

IBM partners with N.C. State to drive tech transferIBM is providing analytics solutions called “Big Data” to NCSU that will help the university “to quickly sort through massive volumes of data to uncover potential investors and partnerships,” IBM said in a statement.

Oregon Business

Oregon tax hikes don't stop revenue bleedingThe state is one of just five without a sales tax because residents have voted nine times over the years to keep it that way. Oregonians have enshrined a property-tax cap in their state constitution.

Can college students learn as well on iPads, e-books?Compared with traditional textbooks, the iPad and other devices for reading digital bookshave the potential to save on textbook costs in the long term, to provide students with more and better information faster, and — no small matter — to lighten the typical college student's backpack.

The truth behind the get-tough success stories in school reformLedesma encouraged defenders of teacher professionalism and civility to share their own equally compelling narratives. If we are to have a chance at convincing the public that they should care about how teachers are treated, or that bullying isn’t a necessary precondition for turning around low-performing schools, then we need to offer counter-examples.

25th Annual Missoula Out To Lunch Celebration And Call For Memories, 8/25, Missoula, MontanaOut to Lunch has become the cornerstone of community engagement over
the years. One community member put it best: “I watched my children grow up on Out to
Lunch. As babies we took them in strollers to the Park. As children they romped on the
grass. As teenagers they served food at the event. And as adults with their own children
we enjoy Out to Lunch as a gathering place for our family.”

Support for broadband loses speed as nationwide growth slows"As broadband technologies have been adopted in the majority of American homes, a debate has arisen about the role of government in stepping in to ensure availability to high-speed Internet to access for all Americans," said Aaron Smith, a senior research specialist at the Pew Centers' Internet & American Life Project and author of the report.

Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More SexGadget lovers have long held to the secret belief that the right camera, smartphone or large-aperture lens will make them sexier.
Now dating site OK Cupid has proof.
Read More http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/gadget-sex/#ixzz0wJ5kex2g